The ancient texts (Japanese: 古文書資料ancient documents) are a collection of mysterious documents written in another language which are found in Fire Emblem Fates' Records Hall menu. They contain information about the history of Hoshido, Nohr, Valla, and their inhabitants.

The same language also appears when Nohrian spells are cast, similar to how the TellianAncient language appears during spell casting in Fire Emblem Awakening, though this language translates to Romanian rather than English.

Text 1: Prophecy of Sky

This text describes the events of the Birthright campaign and is one of the verses of Lost in Thoughts All Alone.

Text 2: Prophecy of Land

Embrace the darkYou call a homeGaze upon an empty white throneA legacy of liesA familiar disguise

This text describes the events of the Conquest campaign and is one of the verses of Lost in Thoughts All Alone.

Text 3: Prophecy of Depths

A burdened heartSinks into the groundA veil falls awayWithout a soundNot day nor nightWrong nor rightFor truth and peace we fight

This text describes the events of the Revelation campaign and is one of the verses of Lost in Thoughts All Alone.

Text 4: Dragons & People I

Once dragons fought against eachOther using humans as pawnsThey empowered their pawnsWith drops of their own bloodIn time the dragonblooded humansBecame royalty even as theDragons descended into beasthood

This text gives information on the history of dragons in the world of Fates, providing a similar narrative of degeneration to the Archanean dragons. It also provides the origin of the Dragon Vein ability.

Text 5: Dragons & People II

To escape madness the dragonsThrew off their mortal flesh andBecame ascended spiritsThey left the world to humanityExcept for the few dragons whoChose to remain

This text gives information on the history of dragons in the world of Fates, including what happened to them after the degeneration.

Text 8: Monument

This text is simply every letter of the Latin alphabet in order. The Monument is used as a guide to help the player identify each letter, and can be used to decipher the other eight texts.

Nohrian magic

The Ancient Texts language also appears when Nohrian magic is cast.

On the ground

This decodes to "Răspunde mi apel Răspunde mi Răspunde mi apel" (note that the font and text is slightly different to that used in the Ancient Texts, including capital letters and Roman letters with diacritics). This is Romanian and translates to "Answer my call Answer me Answer my call", or, less literally, "Hear my cry Hear me Hear my cry".

In the air

This decodes to "WU platesc deșertul de la ai si provin dintr o distanță și am suficient si arata un bloc stil Chinezesc de caracterul meu la față"[1], which is also Romanian but does not seem to have a meaningful translation.